| NOUN | animal | Adapid group, Adapid | extinct small mostly diurnal lower primates that fed on leaves and fruit |
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| Meaning | Extinct small mostly diurnal lower primates that fed on leaves and fruit; abundant in North America and Europe 30 to 50 million years ago; their descendents probably include the lemurs; some authorities consider them ancestral to anthropoids but others consider them only cousins. | |
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| Synonym | Adapid | |
| Member of | Primates, order Primates | An animal order including lemurs and tarsiers and monkeys and apes and human beings |
| Broader | taxonomic group, taxonomic category, taxon | animal or plant group having natural relations |
| Spanish | adápidos | |
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